Assessment of uranium concentration in the drinking water and associated health risks in Eastern Haryana, India

作者：Daulta Renu; Singh Balvinder; Kataria Navish; Garg Vinod Kumar^*

来源：Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2018, 24(4): 1115-1126.

DOI：10.1080/10807039.2017.1406305

• uranium
• carcinogenic
• physico-chemical parameters
• risk analysis
• LADD

Quantification of uranium in drinking water has great significance considering its effects on human health. Drinking water samples collected from different sources, viz., hand pumps, tube-wells, and public water supply from Sonipat and Panipat districts of Haryana, India have been analyzed for uranium and other physico-chemical parameters. Uranium concentration in water samples was measured using Pulsed LED Fluorimeter. Uranium concentration in collected water samples ranges from 9.1 to 155.1 mu g/L in Sonipat district and 14.9 to 123.3 mu g/L in Panipat district. It was inferred from the data that uranium concentration in some water samples was higher than WHO & USEPA recommended limit of 30 mu g/L. The mean cancer risk due to uranium in drinking water in Sonipat and Panipat districts was found to be 1.40 x 10(-4) and 1.63 x 10(-4), respectively, which is lower than the maximum permissible limit (<10(-3)). Total Dissolve Salts (TDS) in water samples of some villages in Sonipat district was higher than permissible limits for drinking prescribed by WHO & BIS.

• 出版日期2018